Discover a selection of works by both established and up-and-coming artists that embody Joel and Sherry Mallin’s unique and avant-garde curatorial eye.

Sale Highlights

Throughout their three-decade-long collecting journey, the Mallins generously opened up their beloved Buckhorn Sculpture Park and Artbarn to countless visitors, friends and artists. The following selection provides a glimpse into the enchanting experience of sculptural encounters at their Pound Ridge, New York home and property.

Sculptural Encounters

From bullet casings emblazoning a work by Dave Cole to a beaded object by Liza Lou, the Mallin Collection is defined by the diverse media utilized by the boundary-breaking artists they collected.

Exploring Materiality

Between Huma Bhabha’s introspective representation of the head and Jessica Drenk’s creative rendering of human cells, these highlights embody contemporary views on the viscerality of the human experience.

Flesh and Mind

New York

Preceded by two successful stand-alone sculpture auctions earlier this year in New York coupled with strong results for single-owner sequences across the London and New York Contemporary Evening, Day and Curated sales, the Mallin Collection returns to Sotheby’s with a dedicated online single-owner presentation. Encompassing a diversity of media by a roster of some of the most important artists of our time, including works on paper by William Kentridge and Hans Op de Beeck, photographs by Ann Hamilton and Rineke Dijkstra, and sculptures by Ashley Bickerton and Louise Bourgeois, these works serve as a testament to Joel and Sherry Mallins’ aesthetic intuition, curatorial eye and singular passion for collecting. Sale Number: N11283

Associate Specialist, Contemporary Art

Keith Lebel

Cataloguer, Contemporary Art Online

Eva Farrell

Cataloguer, Contemporary Art

Caroline Yarbrough

Associate Cataloguer, Prints

Yasmeen Sabet

Assistant Vice President | Senior Specialist, Photographs

Aimee Pflieger

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Preceded by two successful stand-alone sculpture auctions earlier this year in New York coupled with strong results for single-owner sequences across the London and New York Contemporary Evening, Day and Curated sales, the Mallin Collection returns to Sotheby’s with a dedicated online single-owner presentation.

A Life in Art: The Mallin Collection